"Classic were very confused by the rules, having never watched American Football. They incorrectly assumed that the rules were similar to those of rugby and therefore could not figure out why after a pass was ruled incomplete, that the clock was stopped and the play was ended, or how substitutions could be freely made between plays. Subsequently, the loudest cheers during the game were for such meaningless activities like the hang-time on punts, which in rugby are called Garryowens. Wild Geese Classic The Wild Geese Classic was a NCAA-sanctioned American college football game played in Limerick, Ireland. The game was"
"The Wild Geese The Wild Geese is a 1978 British-Swiss war film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen about a group of mercenaries in Africa. It stars Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger. The film was the result of a long-held ambition of its producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film similar to ""The Guns of Navarone"" or ""Where Eagles Dare"". The same producer and director were later responsible for ""The Sea Wolves"". This was the last film from Allied Artists, before closing from bankruptcy. The screenplay by Reginald Rose was based on an unpublished novel"
"country. These Irishmen were sent to fight as mercenaries on behalf of England in support of the independence of the Dutch United Provinces. Habsburg Spain at this time was at war with the Dutch in an attempt to defeat their aspirations for political sovereignty. However, in 1585, Stanley defected to the Spanish side, taking his many Irish regiments with him. He was motivated by religious considerations and, as well, by bribes offered by the Spaniards. These Irishmen who fled the English Army to join the armies of other foreign nations came to be known as ""Wild Geese."" Among these ""Wild"
"a band of mercenaries known as The Wild Geese, led by Pip Bernadotte. It is unclear whether the mercenaries are intended to be representing the same group as in the Daniel Carney novel, though this is possible. It is also likely that the group takes its name from The Wild Geese, the Irish who left Ireland following the Treaty of Limerick, since it was the Wild Geese serving France who finally broke the back of the English army at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. The manga ""Dragon Ball"" features the Ginyu Force, elite mercenaries hired by Freeza. The manga"
"armies of the North and of the Loire until the signing of the armistice in January 1871. The unit was controversial as only a minority of the men who enlisted were retained for ambulance service, with many choosing instead to fight in the French Foreign Legion. The British government investigated the unit for breaches of the 1870 act but no prosecutions were brought. After a period of increasing tension between the two great powers France declared war on Prussia on 19 July 1870. The nation of Ireland had a long history of service in the French Army. The Wild Geese"
"in the 20 months that I have spent in the Congo. But that's not enough. There are 20 million Congolese you know and I assume that about half of them at one time or another were rebels whilst I was down here."" Later, Hoare wrote his own account of 5 Commando's role in the 1960s Congo mercenary war, originally titled ""Congo Mercenary"" and much later repeatedly republished in paperback simply as ""Mercenary"" (subtitled ""The Classic Account of Mercenary Warfare""). In the mid-1970s, Hoare was hired as technical adviser for the film ""The Wild Geese,"" the fictional story of a group"
"The Irish who fought for France (and other foreign nations) would come to be known as ""Wild Geese"". Many Irish soldiers also traveled and served with the French in the exploration and colonization of New France. In 1796, inspired by the French Revolution, the Society of United Irishmen began an uprising against British rule in Ireland which became known as the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and was led by Irish revolutionary fighter Wolfe Tone. France supported the Irish rebellion and, in December 1796, sent its ""Expédition d'Irlande"" of 12,000 soldiers to Bantry Bay, County Cork; however, the soldiers were not"
"seriously wounded in the firefight and was loaded aboard while sedated. Many of the other mercenaries, including the youngest of the group, Raif St Clair, were quietly released after three months in their own prison wing. While still in prison, Hoare began signing up ""Honorary Members"" in ""The Wild Geese"". As the process required some information on former military service and military specialties, many reports called this a recruitment drive. Many thousands of active and former military personnel applied with Hoare, thus quite a database of potential mercenaries (contract employees) was developed, but none were ever called to serve with"
"exile following their defeat at the Second Siege of Limerick and served in Continental European Armies as ""Wild Geese"". A separate Irish Brigade had been formed in 1689–90 for service in the French Army. The two forces were amalgamated in 1698 but continued the traditions of the old Irish Royal Army, and remained committed to the restoration of the Jacobites. They continued to wear the red coat of the Irish Royal Army, leading to occasional confusion when they were fighting the British Army. Catholics, formally denied the right to enlist in the Irish Royal Army at home, served as Wild"
"""Wild Geese"", fled the English Army and joined the Spanish Army. Some of these men were stationed in Puerto Rico and remained there after their military service to Spain was completed. During the 18th century men such as Field Marshal Alejandro O'Reilly and Colonel Tomas O'Daly were sent to the island to revamp the capital's fortifications.."" O'Reilly was later appointed governor of colonial Louisiana in 1769 where he became known as ""Bloody O'Reilly"". The Coll family played an important role in shaping Puerto Rico's politics and literature. Dr. Cayetano Coll y Toste was a historian and writer. He was the"
"Regiment of Hibernia The Regimiento ""Hibernia"" (""Regiment of Hibernia"") was one of the Spanish army's foreign regiments (""Infantería de línea extranjera""). Known by many in Spain as ""O'Neill's Regiment"", it was formed in 1709 from Irishmen who fled their own country in the wake of the Flight of the Earls and the penal laws and who became known as the Wild Geese - a name which has become synonymous in modern times for Irish mercenaries and soldiers throughout the world. Although the Wild Geese are more associated with the French Army and are indeed seen as the precursors of the"
"On 9 September 2005 a memorial was unveiled in Rockingham to commemorate the escape. The memorial, a large statue of six wild geese, was created by Western Australian artists Charlie Smith and Joan Walsh Smith. The geese refer to the phrase ""The Wild Geese"", which was a name given to Irish soldiers who served in European armies after being exiled from Ireland. The Fenians transported to Western Australia adopted the phrase for themselves during their voyage on board the ""Hougoumont"", even publishing a shipboard newspaper entitled ""The Wild Goose"". In 1976 a memorial stone was erected to commemorate the 100th"
"Code Name: Wild Geese Code Name: Wild Geese (, ) is a 1984 West German-Italian Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins in the first of their three mercenary war films. Despite the films title, ""Codename Wildgeese"" is not the sequel to ""The Wild Geese"" film, but a derivative film. Kim Newman described the film as closer to the director's films such as ""The Last Hunter"" and ""Cannibal Apocalypse"". In Hong Kong, DEA man Fletcher (Borgnine) heads an operation to cut off the supply of opium to the west; to fund this operation Fletcher has found"
"to serve in the wars on the Continent, in a constant emigration romantically styled the """"Flight of the Wild Geese"""" and, before that, in the 'Flight of the Earls', just before the Plantation of Ulster. In the early years of the English Civil War, a French traveller remarked that the Irish ""are better soldiers abroad than at home"". Later, Irish brigades in France and Spain fought in the Wars of the Spanish and Austrian Succession and the Napoleonic Wars. In the words of Field Marshal The 1st Duke of Wellington, the Irish-born 'Iron Duke', a notable representative of the Irish"
"Irish immigration to Puerto Rico From the 16th to the 19th centuries, there was considerable Irish immigration to Puerto Rico for a number of reasons. During the 16th century, many Irishmen, who were known as ""Wild Geese"", escaped from forced service in the English Army and joined the Spanish Army. They did so either in Europe or when they could ""jump ship"" off the coast of Puerto Rico (whenever English ships came to trade or when the English Navy was engaged in attacks against the Spanish colonial forces on the island), at which time they joined the Spanish colonial army,"
"film was released in West Germany on October 5, 1984. In a contemporary review, Kim Newman (""Monthly Film Bulletin"") noted that certain elements such as the surprise villain in the film were obvious while the action scenes mainly consist of Asian stunt men leaping out of explosions. Code Name: Wild Geese Code Name: Wild Geese (, ) is a 1984 West German-Italian Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins in the first of their three mercenary war films. Despite the films title, ""Codename Wildgeese"" is not the sequel to ""The Wild Geese"" film, but a derivative"
"Wild Geese. He was part of the Irish Army intended for the Invasion of England in 1692, but this was abandoned following a French naval defeat. After this he served in Flanders as part of the War of the Grand Alliance. Following the Peace of Ryswick which ended the war, his united was amalgamated into the Irish Brigade of the French Army and were known as Dorrington's Regiment. Promoted to Lieutenant General, he served the French during the War of the Spanish Succession and saw action at the Battle of Ramillies in 1706 and the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709."
"victory of the Portuguese Army against the Spanish at the Battle of Campo Maior. He remained in Portugal until his death and reared a distinguished family whom descendants of which still live in Portugal to this day. The story of Galloping Hogan is just one of the 14,000 soldiers who left Ireland in 1691 and spread their wings as far afield as Cuba and South America. This Exodus is commonly known as the Flight of the Wild Geese. Galloping Hogan Michael ""Galloping"" Hogan was an Irish rapparee or brigand following the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He was born in the"
"of the Wild Geese, he sought a career in one of the Continental armies as the Penal Laws forbade Catholics from serving in either the British or Irish Army. O'Gara's career was fairly successful, rising to the rank of Brigadier. Two of his younger brothers also joined the Spanish Army, while another Charles O'Gara became a courtier at the Austrian court in Vienna. John Patrick O'Gara John Patrick O'Gara was a French-born soldier of Irish descent who served in the Spanish Army during the eighteenth century. He was the son of Colonel Oliver O'Gara, a Jacobite exile who left Ireland"
"St Ruth was decapitated by a stray cannonball, but Sarsfield was too late to rescue the situation. He retired with Berwick to the relative safety of Limerick, which Ginckel besieged on 25 August. Under the terms of Treaty of Limerick, signed on 3 October, all Irish contingents were banished to the continent forever. These soldiers became known as the Wild Geese: mercenaries forbidden from setting foot in Britain. James II created Berwick Colonel of the 1st Troop, Wild Geese. Berwick arrived too late at the siege of Cork with 4,000 French troops, but unable to effect a result, he withdrew;"
"titled ""The Thin White Line"" by Daniel Carney. The film was named ""The Wild Geese"" after the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael ""Mad Mike"" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC, which in turn was inspired by a 17th-century Irish mercenary army (see Flight of the Wild Geese). Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the same title as the film. The novel was based upon rumours and speculation following the 1968 landing of a mysterious aeroplane in Rhodesia, which was said to have been loaded with mercenaries and ""an African president"" believed to have been a"
"in English) in the Duchy of Brabant, now in Flanders (northern Belgium). The Flight of the Earls, in 1607, led much of the Gaelic nobility to flee the country, and after the wars of the 17th century many others fled to Spain, France, Austria, and other Roman Catholic lands. The lords and their retainers and supporters joined the armies of these countries, and were known as the Wild Geese. Some of the lords and their descendants rose to high ranks in their adoptive countries, such as the Spanish general and politician Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan, who became the"
"already had an offer from an American publisher when he had first taken the novel to Hollywood. The novel was finally published as ""The Wild Geese"" just before the film's release. Deposed Congolese President Julius Limbani is on a flight to Israel, when his bodyguard is murdered. The CIA have hijacked the plane as part of a Cold War deal with current Congo president General Ndofa. Waiting in the Tel Aviv airport for Limbani is an Anglo-South African mercenary soldier Colonel Allen Faulkner. Faulkner is under contract to take Limbani back to the Congo and mount a coup d'état. When"
"to Asians serving in the Red Army who been captured by the Wehrmacht and joined either the German Army's ""Ostlegionen"" or the SS; the French called all these men ""Mongols"" regardless if they were Mongols or not. The ""Milice"" was especially hated by the Resistance and captured ""miliciens"" could expect little mercy. One ""maquisard"" fighting in the Haute-Savoie wrote in his diary about the fate of a ""milicien"" taken prisoner in July 1944: The rejection of the ""Force C"" plan had not reached many of the ""maquis"" leaders operating out in the countryside and after the news of D-Day, the"
"among other things. An exodus of Catholic Irish aristocrats, known as the Flight of the Wild Geese, was also a major event in 18th-century Ireland. This exodus provided nations such as France and Spain with elite units often known as Irish Brigades. Among the more well-known was that of the French Bourbon monarchy. Even after the monarchy's fall in the French Revolution, Irish-descended soldiers served successive governments. By the early 1790s, tensions in Ireland – and in continental Europe – had grown. On the Continent, the new French Republic was embroiled in wars with Britain, the Holy Roman Empire, and"
"were soldiers who could not fight in the war, making them like the reanimated corpses from Haitian mythology who were neither alive nor dead, but rather somewhere in-between. The ""Zombies"" were widely hated by the men who had volunteered for overseas service and were referred to as cowards. The Canadian military was divided into classes: the A men who volunteered to go overseas and the R men who were the Zombies. At training camps, officers and NCOs constantly belittled, insulted and humiliated the Zombies to pressure them to ""go active"", making for a tense relationship at the best of times."
"of Irish descent in France. In practice by the outbreak of the French Revolution most serving officers of the Brigade fell into the second category. Seamus MacManus shows in his book ""The Story of The Irish Race"" (1921): ""In truth, it was not the ""Wild Geese"" who forgot the tongue of the Gael or let it perish. We are told that the watchwords and the words of command in the ""Brigade"" were always in Irish and that officers who did not know the language before they entered the service found themselves of necessity compelled to learn it."" The Brigade ceased"
"a future invasion of Ireland. Stephen McGarry's ""Irish Brigades Abroad"" (Dublin, 2013 Kindle edition, paperback May 2014) is a new book on the subject and finally updates John Cornelius O'Callaghan's ""History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France"" (London, 1870). Mark McLaughlin's ""The Wild Geese"", (London, 1980) was published by Osprey as part of their Men-at-Arms series provides an introduction to the subject. Irish Brigade (France) The Irish Brigade was a brigade in the French army composed of Irish exiles, led by Lord Mountcashel. It was formed in May 1690 when five Jacobite regiments were sent from Ireland"
"The Wild Geese (Carney novel) The Wild Geese is a 1978 novel by Rhodesian author Daniel Carney published by Bantam Books. He originally titled it ""The Thin White Line"", but it went unpublished until its film adaptation ""The Wild Geese"" was made. Carney could not get his novel published until a chance meeting with film producer Euan Lloyd. Lloyd loved the story, about mercenaries in Africa on a mission to rescue a deposed leader, and purchased the rights to adapt it into a film. Carney in return asked for his novel to be published and Lloyd agreed, as he had"
"largest single group were the twelve Swiss regiments (including the Swiss Guard). Other units were German and one Irish Brigade (the ""Wild Geese"") had originally been made up of Irish volunteers. By 1789 difficulties in obtaining genuinely Irish recruits had led to German and other foreigners making up the bulk of the rank and file. The officers however continued to be drawn from long established Franco-Irish families. During the reign of Louis XV there were also a Scottish (""Garde Écossaise""), a Swedish (""Royal-Suédois""), an Italian (""Royal-Italien"") and a Walloon (""Horion-Liegeois"") regiments recruited outside the borders of France. The foreign infantry"
"the treatment of the disbanded Jacobite army. Under the treaty, Jacobite soldiers in formed regiments had the option to leave with their arms and flags for France to continue serving under James II in the Irish Brigade. Some 14,000 Jacobites chose this option and were marched south to Cork where they embarked on ships for France, many of them accompanied by their wives and children. Individual soldiers wanting to join the French, Spanish or Austrian armies also emigrated in what became known as the Flight of the Wild Geese. The Jacobite soldiers also had the option of joining the Williamite"
"adventure which reunited many of the crew from ""The Wild Geese"" including Euan Lloyd and McLaglen. It was based on the true story of a March 1943 event in British India and Portuguese Goa, in which a group of retired members of the Calcutta Light Horse, coloneled by David Niven's character, assist regular British Army operatives, played by Moore and Gregory Peck, in destroying German ships in neutral Mormugao harbor, all the time surrounded by German spies and Indian nationalist intrigue. Trevor Howard, Patrick Macnee, and Barbara Kellerman also co-star, with a who's who lineup of British character actors. Moore"
"been recruited since 1981 with the false promise of civilian jobs once in Libya. Generally speaking, the Legion's members were immigrants who had gone to Libya with no thought of fighting wars, and had been provided with inadequate military training and had sparse commitment. A French journalist, speaking of the Legion's forces in Chad, observed that they were ""foreigners, Arabs or Africans, mercenaries in spite of themselves, wretches who had come to Libya hoping for a civilian job, but found themselves signed up more or less by force to go and fight in an unknown desert."" According to the Military"